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Oystercard PAYG On Main Line Rail in London
Oystercard On Mainline Rail at last Originally uploaded by AndyRob At last, since 3rd January 2010 we now have the Oystercard Pay As You Go machines installed and working on all main line railway...
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How to pronounce Eyjafjallajoekull
Airports all over the UK have been closed by a volcanic ash cloud spreading from Iceland where a volcano has erupted. The fragments in the ash cloud are said to represent a serious threat to airline...
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Ash Grounds Planes, Rest Of World Cut Off
The rest of the world remains isolated today as the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull eruption continues to ground nearly all flights in or out of UK airports for a third day. People...
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London Overground Dalston to New Cross
A new section of the London Overground has opened in a limited way, weeks ahead of schedule says TFL Dalston Junction – New Cross and New Cross Gate open 27 April 2010 This section of the line has now...
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New Routemaster Bus for London
The design for a new bus for London, heavily inspired by the Londoners’ favourite routemaster bus has been unveiled amongst controversy. The cost to Boris Johnson’s mayor office is over £7 million just...
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Canal Boat Holidays
Previous Canal Boat Holidays I’ve been going on canal boat holidays since a child, but none in the last few years and it has been long overdue to do something about that. The first trip I went on was...
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No Weekend Engineering Works
Such is the routine nature of weekend engineering works ruining any prospect of going out around London on the public transport system that when they have a rare weekend without any engineering works...
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London Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive
London Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive The London bike hire bicycles are arriving on the streets of London after some well publicised delays. The London scheme is much smaller than the Paris public bicyle...
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What does this sign mean?
Eurostar Breaks to Lille Originally uploaded by AndyRob You can treat this as a caption competition if you like, as I was genuinely baffled as to what exactly was being forbidden here. Is it anything...
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Dover Calais Ferry Operators and the Dover Harbour Board
Bit of a rant over on the Dover Calais Ferry blog dover calais ferry port Thanks for subscribing to Andy Roberts blogDover Calais Ferry Operators and the Dover Harbour Board Technorati Tags: Board,...
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London Cable Car May Go Ahead
See also: London Cable Car Planning applications for a new London cable car crossing over the Thames linking 2012 Olympic venues in east London have been submitted by Transport for London. TfL has...
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Arc Royal to extend London City Airport
An article in the Daily Mail Online reports that the decommissioned air craft carrier Arc Royal could be ‘saved’ and used as a helipad in London. The intended location turns out to be right next to...
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Time capsule for July 25th to August 8th, 2010
Cycle Hire Norton Folgate Taken July 25, 2010 at 11:45 am London Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive London Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive Taken July 29, 2010 at 5:27 pm London Palladium Sister Act Taken July...
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London’s Air Ambulance
I saw a car driving up the Romford Road the other day with “Air Ambulance” written on the side. It didn’t fool me, I know what a helicopter sounds like. later…. Ok, there is a perfectly good...
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New Routemaster Bus Returns to London
The Routemaster bus will be back on the streets of London from Monday 27th Feb 2012. Londoners’ favourite bus – the only one you can hop on and off ( except this one has doors) – has been redesigned...
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Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy
You can see the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy building from the train between Manor Park and Ilford, on the mainline from Liverpool Street Station to Shenfield, or intercity to...
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It was back in 2010 that I reported the London Cable Car Thames Crossing may go ahead, and now here it is. stretched over London’s River Thames between North Greenwich ( The O2 Millennium Dome) and The...
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The Queen’s Jubilee Royal Barge – Gloriana
Gloriana Royal Barge Updated The Royal Barge Gloriana was also used spectacularly in 2012 on the day of the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games, carrying the Olympic flame downstream along the...
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Steam on the Overground
A steam train ran along the Gospel Oak to Barking branch of the London Overground today June 16th pulling vintage passenger coaches. I’m trying to find out more about it, as I’ve seen or heard this...
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London Cable Car Oystercard Deals?
The London Cable Car Crossing Opens According to “The Orbit Tower – London Cable Car” and other sources, a single fare across the Thames on the new London Cable Car opening on June 18th will cost £3.20...
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